DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 11/04 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0653z - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1554z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 60.0 - - 54.8 - - 52.4 - - 50.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 5 - - 50 - - 17 - - 6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1388 - - 1515 - - 1088 - - 854 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 921 - - 920 - - 920 - - 919 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2277 - - 2404 - - 1977 - - 1743 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1891 - - 1287 - - 1809 - - 2071 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 100 - - 181 - - 115 - - 77 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 19 - - 19 - - 17 - - 16 BL Wind Direction - - - 204 - - 233 - - 231 - - 240 Direction Wind Shear - - - 12 - - 8 - - 9 - - 8 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -1 - - -3 - - -1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 926 - - 947 - - 673 - - 585 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1352 - - 1457 - - 1304 - - 1158 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 313 - - 424 - - 271 - - 137 ODpotential blCL - - - 1964 - - 1980 - - 1706 - - 1606 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 - - 101 maxRH CAPE - - - 70 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 60.0 - - 54.8 - - 52.4 - - 50.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 56.9 - - 51.3 - - 49.7 - - 48.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 60.2 - - 54.6 - - 52.4 - - 50.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 56.4 - - 50.6 - - 49.3 - - 48.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 5 - - 50 - - 17 - - 6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1388 - - 1515 - - 1088 - - 854 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 99 - - 101 - - 101 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 10 - - 8 - - 8 - - 7 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 95786 63 266 71 262 72 274 62 269 95786 88941 44 272 39 275 50 270 41 281 88941 83629 28 277 27 285 24 264 34 287 83629 79168 15 297 24 281 18 278 23 286 79168 75305 11 303 15 283 14 275 19 287 75305 71868 10 307 9 297 10 272 17 270 71868 68722 13 302 5 309 8 264 11 248 68722 65803 11 272 8 305 9 267 8 238 65803 63079 9 205 9 276 12 263 10 267 63079 60433 8 162 11 249 16 248 16 257 60433 57677 5 238 10 241 16 238 18 241 57677 54813 13 247 13 226 16 225 15 211 54813 52060 18 224 18 217 19 226 15 210 52060 49563 20 209 26 218 29 210 23 214 49563 47311 24 204 26 201 32 201 24 217 47311 45264 29 194 25 199 30 197 39 220 45264 43402 29 192 28 212 32 210 42 220 43402 41690 36 206 36 216 44 227 42 226 41690 40094 42 206 53 214 59 221 54 223 40094 38598 53 205 63 201 65 207 58 219 38598 37189 66 202 65 197 62 201 59 223 37189 35832 74 205 74 195 61 208 62 226 35832 34462 86 203 88 192 66 215 66 220 34462 33045 95 199 94 191 69 214 67 213 33045 31583 94 199 93 192 71 212 65 213 31583 30061 91 202 91 194 76 209 63 217 30061 28467 87 203 88 194 79 205 62 220 28467 26804 81 205 80 193 75 203 56 219 26804 25078 63 201 74 195 68 206 46 215 25078 23290 57 193 68 200 58 215 35 213 23290 21433 58 186 58 200 48 224 29 215 21433 19493 57 191 48 197 44 223 35 217 19493 17463 52 195 43 198 43 220 38 216 17463 15389 50 199 44 200 40 218 39 214 15389 13396 50 201 43 200 37 218 38 218 13396 11595 50 201 40 205 36 221 32 219 11595 10002 48 197 38 211 33 228 28 220 10002 8584 41 192 32 211 30 236 29 228 8584 7323 41 190 27 211 31 242 29 235 7323 6209 39 192 27 210 29 249 25 236 6209 5230 34 199 27 209 27 251 26 241 5230 4371 31 204 28 209 26 242 25 246 4371 3614 28 204 25 219 25 238 25 246 3614 2936 27 205 21*231 24 237 25 246 2936 2336 26*205 21*232 23*235 24 245 2336 1836 24*205 20 233 20*233 21*243 1836 1453 20 204 19 233 19 232 19*241 1453 1189 18 203 18 233 17 231 17 240 1189 1028 15 203 16 234 15 231 15 239 1028 936 11 203 12 233 11 230 11 239 936 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography